Paediatric Casualties- A Year's Analaysis

Iranian casualties during the eight years of Iraq-Iran conflict.

War is one of the critical determinants of health status of populations in many parts of the world. Armed con-fl ict has been a major cause of deaths and morbidity throughout the history. 3 In the 25 confl icts during the 20 th century, 72 million deaths were confl ict-related and civilians were included in nearly half of the deaths during the armed confl icts from 1987 to1997. Two million chil...

The British Paediatric Association: 60 years.

Paediatric Premedication: A Comparison of Sublingual Buprenorphine and Midazolam in Children (4-10 Years) Scheduled for Adenotonsillectomyt

Introduction and Objectives. Preanesthetic medication may reduce the risks of adverse psychological and physiological sequela of induction of anesthesia in children. Administration of premedication by sublingual route may provide the best compromise, that is, relatively rapid absorption without causing pain. In this study, we compared sedative and anxiolytic effects of midazolam and buprenorphi...

Twenty years of a multidisciplinary paediatric diabetes home care unit.

As only a minority of patients with type 1 diabetes are unwell at diagnosis, these patients could be managed at home if appropriate facilities were available. A multidisciplinary diabetes home care service was established over 20 years ago at Birmingham Children's Hospital, to support children with diabetes mellitus within the home environment from diagnosis, reducing emotional upset and separa...

Student Casualties

health, fail at their work or drop out of university. A university is a specialised community, with a particular pattern of selection, varying techniques for processing its material and with a 'wastage rate' that is of national concern. There are special stresses?social, academic and cultural?to which its population are subject. These can erode a vulnerable, developing personality, provoke a la...